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Understanding Modern Book Banning and Censorship with Lee Rowland

January 12, 2024 SCBWI
SCBWI Podcasts
Understanding Modern Book Banning and Censorship with Lee Rowland
Show Notes

In this episode of the SCBWI Podcast, we are joined by Lee Rowland!

Lee Rowland served for over a decade as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, the Brennan Center for Justice, and the New York Civil Liberties Union.  She has extensive experience as a litigator, lobbyist, and public speaker. She has served as lead counsel in federal First Amendment cases involving public employee speech rights, the First Amendment rights of community advocates, government regulation of digital speech, and state secrecy surrounding the lethal injection process. She is also a prolific author of amicus briefs and blogs, where she provides insightful analyses of issues such as speech and privacy intersection, student and public employee speech, obscenity, and the Communications Decency Act. She also has represented several NCAC Partner Organizations.

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